"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Think over ( চিন্তা করা (কোনকিছু) ) Think carefully over his advice.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.

Idioms:

  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )